Her time of 2:27.21 easily broke the previous record of 2:28.80 set by Serenade Rose (Stravinsky) in 2006 but since then the Australian Oaks has mostly been run on rain affected tracks. Coming from well back in the field, Unforgotten finished powerfully in the home straight to catch the front-running Hiyaam (High Chaparral) in the... Read More

Levendi staged a soul-stirring battle with VRC Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) winner Ace High (High Chaparral) in the closing stages, the two coming together in the heat of battle, but stewards, correctly in my view, let the result stand after the pair had drawn almost six lengths clear of third placed Tangled (Snitzel). On... Read More

Perfectly rated by jockey Michael Dee, Hiyaam led throughout, a hard task over such a distance in high-class company, and comfortably held off Unforgotten (Fastnet Rock) to win by a length and three-quarters, with Group One winner Aloisia (Azamour) two and a half lengths further back in third after travelling wide for much of the... Read More

Coming from an outside barrier, Estijaab quickly crossed the field and surprisingly none of the other speedsters wanted to challenge her early, and only in the closing stages did she look in any danger of defeat, holding off the strong finish of Oohood (I Am Invincible) to score by a long head with Sunlight (Zoustar)... Read More

At the line it was the ultra–honest five-year-old mare Daysee Doom (Domesday) who prevailed by a short neck from her paternal half-sister Oregon’s Day (Domesday) with third-placed Silent Sedition (War Chant), runner-up a year earlier, just a nose further back in third. Race time was 1:28.28. Fourth in last year’s Coolmore Classic, Daysee Doom has... Read More